Shakespeare's Tragic SkepticismYale University Press, 1 בינו׳ 2002 - 283 עמודים Readers of Shakespeare's greatest tragedies have long noted the absence of readily explainable motivations for some of Shakespeare's greatest characters: why does Hamlet delay his revenge for so long? Why does King Lear choose to renounce his power? Why is Othello so vulnerable to Iago's malice? But while many critics have chosen to overlook these omissions or explain them away, Millicent Bell demonstrates that they are essential elements of Shakespeare's philosophy of doubt. Examining the major tragedies, Millicent Bell reveals the persistent strain of philosophical skepticism. Like his contemporary, Montaigne, Shakespeare repeatedly calls attention to the essential unknowability of our world. In a period of social, political, and religious upheaval, uncertainty hovered over matters great and small--the succession of the crown, the death of loved ones from plague, the failure of a harvest. Tumultuous social conditions raised ultimate questions for Shakespeare, Bell argues, and ultimately provoked in him a skepticism which casts shadows of existential doubt over his greatest masterpieces. |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 24
עמוד xiv
... believe that the complex of dominant orthodoxy is not easily simplified , nor is dissidence as obviously " contained " as some suppose . In Shakespeare the battle of contrary viewpoints is , as the witches say in Macbeth , both " lost ...
... believe that the complex of dominant orthodoxy is not easily simplified , nor is dissidence as obviously " contained " as some suppose . In Shakespeare the battle of contrary viewpoints is , as the witches say in Macbeth , both " lost ...
עמוד 1
... and the universe , I feel the diffidence Eliot urged one to have . I believe that the plays I am examining in this I book exhibit the effects of a potent philosophic skepticism verg- introduction: Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, and Macbeth.
... and the universe , I feel the diffidence Eliot urged one to have . I believe that the plays I am examining in this I book exhibit the effects of a potent philosophic skepticism verg- introduction: Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, and Macbeth.
עמוד 5
... believe that the relation of contemporary economic and social turmoil to skep- ticism about personal definition is salient in King Lear . Othello may be said to take place in a Venice contemporary with the real Lon- don in which social ...
... believe that the relation of contemporary economic and social turmoil to skep- ticism about personal definition is salient in King Lear . Othello may be said to take place in a Venice contemporary with the real Lon- don in which social ...
עמוד 7
... believe that drought and pestilence were evidences of a universal disturbance . It would be readily felt that the storms that rage in Julius Caesar or King Lear are not merely poetic metaphor of social and po- litical turmoil but ...
... believe that drought and pestilence were evidences of a universal disturbance . It would be readily felt that the storms that rage in Julius Caesar or King Lear are not merely poetic metaphor of social and po- litical turmoil but ...
עמוד 11
... that God did not exist at all . The charge of skepticism was everyone's term of abuse , though Erasmus had defended his readiness to believe the truths of religion precisely because he was a skeptic . He had declared Introduction II.
... that God did not exist at all . The charge of skepticism was everyone's term of abuse , though Erasmus had defended his readiness to believe the truths of religion precisely because he was a skeptic . He had declared Introduction II.
תוכן
Hamlet Revenge | 29 |
Othellos Jealousy | 80 |
Unaccommodated Lear | 138 |
Macbeths Deeds | 191 |
The Roman Frame | 241 |
Selected Bibliography | 279 |
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